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Old 01-27-2022, 09:06 PM   #51 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
Lithium can discharge and recharge at similar rates if you can keep it cool such that the volatile solvents dont change into gas. Not worth the effort however since cooling at this level would be massive
You'd also be losing quite a bit of energy to heat and then even more energy to cooling. Supercapacitors are pretty expensive, but I'm still tempted to try to make a more efficient charging system for some of the cars in the family.

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